Mind Control in the Music Industry (Part 2)

I found in this study some common themes with my interests in what I call ”mediatic messianism”: a very thin line between utopia and dystopia in contemporary art, mind control of the masses through entertainment consumption, but mostly sex, woman as an object of desire for consumer.

“As artists we’re highly sensitive people, and this machine around us, this so-called ‘music industry,’ is such a demonic thing. It’s sacrifices people’s lives and their essences at the drop of a dime … I had a manager once say to me, ‘ You know you’re worth more money dead than alive.”’ ~Chaka Khan

Whatever Fritz Lang’s intended cinematic message, the film sparks interesting speculations. For instance, note that the tool used by the elite (represented by mad scientist Rotwang and city creator, Joh Frederson) to manipulate the masses was a woman dancing erotically.